Sunday, March 14, 2010

Staying where you are...

One of the more significant spiritual disciplines in an age where people move at a frenetic pace is to stay where you are. Actually, the desire to move and change location is not something new to the 21st century obviously. And it was some 5th century monks who considered it a spiritual discipline to stay, as monks would bounce from monastery to monastery, hoping for a deeper experience with God.

One of my best friends from college, Jeff Hammer, talked a lot about his grandfather, and his love for the ORANGE-that's Syracuse, and particularly their basketball team. Since we are in the midst of March Madness, it was cool that the university did a story about my friend's grandfather. His life with the Orange, demonstrates the spiritual practice of stability. I love this neat story of Jeff's Papou...